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Reports coming from Bahrain's Twitter community around Manama on Saturday February 20th of army vehicles withdrawing from Lulu Roundabout where protesters had protested peacefully on Wednesday but were later raided pre-dawn the following morning. On Friday afternoon, protesters headed towards Lulu Roundabout once again only to face live bullets from the military presence at the area.

@mahmood
received confirmation that tanks are being removed from the Pearl Roundabout vicinity, #bahrain #feb14

Meanwhile, blogger Redha Haji, who had already faced an ordeal with police forces for taking photos, has been bravely trying to capture photo confirmation of the withdrawal.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) officially announced on their Twitter account that the vehicles had indeed left Lulu Roundabout in accordance to the Crown Prince's live appeal on national television for peace and dialogue.